Colombian soldiers take part in a demonstration by military forces at President Iván Duque’s launch of the new national security and defense policy at the Tolemaida military fort in Cundinamarca department on Feb. 6.

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Venezuelan military forces blocked the Tienditas Bridge with containers ahead of an anticipated humanitarian aid shipment at the border between Cucuta, Colombia, and Tachira, Venezuela, on Feb. 6.

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The USCGC Penobscot Bay, an icebreaking tugboat of the U.S. Coast Guard, cuts through ice as it makes its way north on the Hudson River between the cities of Kingston and Albany, New York, on Feb. 1.

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A boy walks on the farmlands in the mountains of Pangnol, Haiti, on Feb. 2.

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An Indian laborer carries a load of wheat straw on his head to be used for animal feed on the outskirts of Jabalpur in Madhya Pradesh state on Feb. 4.

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Pope Francis is welcomed by Dubai ruler Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum and Abu Dhabi’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, on his arrival to the presidential palace in Abu Dhabi on Feb. 4. It was the first-ever papal visit to the Arabian Peninsula, the birthplace of Islam, where he will meet leading Muslim clerics and hold an open-air Mass for some 135,000 Catholics.

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A farmer works in an illegal poppy field in Hopong, Myanmar, on Feb. 3.

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An Iranian lawmaker walks through a parliament session in Tehran on Feb. 4.

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A farmer votes at a polling station in the Bernardino Villamarion School in Panchimalco, during the Salvadoran presidential election, on Feb. 3.

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Iraqi Yazidis attend the funeral of Mir Tahsin Beg, the longtime head of the world’s Yazidis, in the town of Sheikhan, northeast of Mosul, on Feb. 4.

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Workers prepare for the 135rd Nice Carnival in southeastern France on Feb. 4.

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A municipal worker clears the ice from the steps of the Cathedral of Christ the Savior in downtown Moscow on Feb. 5.

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Chinese worshipers hold incense as they pray for good fortune on the first day of the Lunar New Year at Yonghegong, or Lama Temple, in Beijing on Feb. 5.

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A major intersection is blocked by floodwaters in the Townsville suburb of Idalia, Australia, on Feb. 4. Record rainfall forced authorities to open the floodgates on the swollen Ross River Dam, sending water into the suburbs and killing as many as 300,000 cattle.

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A person smashes the window of a bank during a day of strikes called by the General Confederation of Labour, a French workers’ union, in Paris on Feb. 5.

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A murmuration of starlings forms during their traditional dance before landing to sleep on the Jordan Valley in the West Bank on Feb. 3.

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Nigerian opposition Peoples Democratic Party gubernatorial candidate Jimi Agbaje (center) sits on the floor during a meeting with Islamic leaders in the Ikorodu district of Lagos on Feb. 5.

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A Kashmiri boatman talks on a cell phone during snowfall at Dal Lake in Srinagar on Feb. 7.

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Members of the King’s Troop Royal Horse Artillery prepare their ceremonial dress at Wellington Barracks before heading to Green Park to stage a 41-gun salute to mark 67 years since Queen Elizabeth II’s ascension to the throne in London on Feb. 6.

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People pose inside the “Spiral Pig” zodiac lantern—in celebration of the Year of the Pig—by the artist John Deng in Sydney on Feb. 1. The Sydney Lunar Festival has evolved from a small community celebration in Chinatown 23 years ago to now attracting more than 1.3 million visitors from all over the world.

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Vietnamese devotees offer prayers at the Temple of Literature in Hanoi on the first day of the Lunar New Year, or Tet, on Feb. 5.

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People walk under red lanterns in the snow at a scenic area during the Chinese Spring Festival holiday in Qingzhou, China, on Feb. 7.

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A tree after heavy snowfall in the Ukrainian capital of Kiev on Feb. 6.

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A surfer rides the Eisbach wave in the English Garden in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 4. The manmade wave became legal to ride in 2010 but is recommended for only experienced surfers due to its forceful currents and the concealed concrete riverbed.

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A child visits the “Dinosaurs of the Ocean” exhibit, an interactive display of robotic extinct creatures in real-life size, in the Cypriot capital of Nicosia on Feb. 6.

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House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and Vice President Mike Pence applaud U.S. President Donald Trump at his State of the Union address in Washington on Feb. 5.

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